# Accident 20100820043679A: Cessna 182P, Del Rio, TX, August 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2010, 16:40 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Weslaco,Mid Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3730° N, 100.8819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Del Rio, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3730&lon=-100.8819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1298S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1298S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100820043679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS LANDING ON PRIVATE RANCH PROPERTY, PRIVATE LANDING STRIP, WHEN A COW APPEARED TO LOOK AS IF IT WAS GOING TO RUN ONTO RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS WATCHING THE COW AND CAME IN LOW AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  VFR DAY, NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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